RALEIGH — Contractors will re-open a section of Old U.S. 1(South Salem Street) between Kelly Road and Apex Barbeque Road in Apex on Thursday, July 26. The section closed on May 2011 for the construction of two bridges over the Western Wake Freeway.

For information about the Western Wake Freeway project -- a section of the Triangle Expressway, North Carolina's first modern toll road-- visit www.westernwakeinfo.com.

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